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Dennis Wollersheim
Currently searching for a position that allows me to leverage a combination of visualization, machine learning, and software engineering to help people explore and understand their data in new and useful ways.
Education
Phd (Computer Science)
Bundoora
La Trobe University
2005 - 2001
- Thesis topic: Dynamic Query Expansion for Information Retrieval of Imprecise Medical Queries
- Created a ‘Google for doctors’, using NLP and the 1.2 million term UMLS vocabulary to enhance medical information retrieval
BSc (Computer Science)
Lethbridge, AB, Canada
University of Lethbridge
1985 - 1981
- Created a graphics tablet based electronic ruler to facilitate data entry of 8 measurements of 300 poplar leaves
Teaching Experience
I am passionate about education. I believe that no topic is too complex if the teacher is empathetic and willing to think about new methods of approaching task.
Lecturer
Bundoora
La Trobe University
Present - 2002
- Designed and implemented courses in data modelling, systems analysis, Tableau, R, SQL, artificial intelligence, systems analysis, Perl. Sample R course materials can be found here
- Course and subject design, thesis supervision, administrative process redesign. An example of the latter is a web service to help academics perform a common administrative task
- Innovations include giving each students individual unique assignments to facilitate collaboration and peer learning, and provided access to massive health datasets for realistic student tasks.
- In the most recent online instance teaching SQL, Tableau and R to public health students, I received student evaluation score of 4.2/5
Research Experience
I have worked in a variety of roles ranging from teacher to software engineer to data scientist. I like collaborative environments where I can have productive interactions and expand my knowledge of the uses of data.
Research
Bundoora
La Trobe University
Present - 2001
- Published with teams from Public Health, Health Administration, Physiotherapy and Computer Science
- Worked with billion record health datasets, Australia wide mesh block level GIS data, Azure and local La Trobe SLURM clusters, Postgres and Mysql databases, Drupal CMS, Redcap surveys, artificial intelligence, deep learning
Entrepreneur
Melbourne
Dot com startup
2001 - 1999
- Developed and implemented the first Melbourne web based real estate visit mapping tool, and used car sales price comparison, by scraping of existing web resources
Research Grants
Bundoora
La Trobe University
Present - 2001
- Received nine grants, totalling $291,000
Academic Publishing
Bundoora
La Trobe University
Present - 2002
Personal Experience
Peer Counselling Teacher
Melbourne
N/A
Present - 1996
- active member of a grass roots peer counsellor network
- led 30 person multi day workshops, and weekly and monthly groups of multi-year duration.
Committee Secretary
Brunswick East
The Bicycle Recycle Shed
Present - 2015
- Improved the volunteer induction experience, leading to a 10x growth in new volunteer signups.